ADDER'S TONGUE - Definition

WordNet Dictionary

	Definition:	[n] ferns with fertile spikes shaped like a snake's tongue

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	Synonyms:	adder's tongue fern

	See Also:	fern, genus Ophioglossum, Ophioglossum, Ophioglossum pendulum, ribbon fern

Webster's 1913 Dictionary

	Definition:	\Ad"der's-tongue`\, n. (Bot.) (a) A genus of ferns ({Ophioglossum}), whose seeds are produced on a spike resembling a serpent's tongue. (b) The yellow dogtooth violet. --Gray.